The Portland daily press., 1887-08-15
BRIEF JoTTINCS.

There were thirty-eight arrests last week,
thirty-three being for drunkenness.
a man was arrested yesterday for stealing
the numbers Of the houses on Pearl street.
The Blues, Infantry and Guards will be
measured for their new uniforms tonight
Two schooner loads Of paving for the city
arrived last week from the NJ. j. Jameson
quarries, South Thomaston.
The thermometer at seven o'clock Saturday
morning stood at at ffty-th degrees in
several places in the city.
Quinn d Co. are making repairs upon the
steamer Franconia of the New York line.
She viii be used as winter boat
Falmouth Lodge, Knights of Honor, will
commence their fall and winter meetings
next Thursday night.
William b. Hayden of Boston will instruct
Machigonne Tribe, No. 8, Improved Order of
Red Men, in the work Of the order tonight.
MI. Daniel j. Carr, manager of the Tucker
Printing House, will publish the programme
for Portland Theatre the coming season.
-Four girls were sent away last Monday,
and two boys Friday, by the Fresh Air Fund.
There is a'prospect that one If not more chill
dren will find permanent homes in good fam
lilies.
MIR. Fred w. Hartwell of this city has en-
tered for the 100 yards dash at the coming
Orphans Picnic on Little Diamond Island,
and is training for the race. He holds the
championship of Maine.
The members of Ivanhoe Lodge, No. 25, K
OF r, will go ON baeket picnic to Long
Island Aug. IS. There will be games of base
ball, foot ball, dancing and other amusements
during the day. Chandler will furnish music
for the dancing.
A few days ago Mrs Henry Taylor sent
carriages to the Aged Mems Home to be
placed at the disposal of the inmates This
afforded them rare treat, and they thus had
several hours enjoyment riding about the
city and suburbs.
The nineteenth annual reunion of the Ito
10th Maine Regiment Association will come
off at Reunion Hall, Long Island. next
Thursday. Members will bring their fami-
lies as usual. The party will take the steam
ers of the Forest City line at Custom House
wharf, boats leaving at 7.15, 0 and 1870 a. m.
The Clark d Chaplin Ice Company, Port
land, cut and housed ice as follows last win
ter: in Bowdoinham, $4,000 tonss Pittston,
$1,000 tons; Cape Elizabeth, $500 tons; Sc
bago, $4,000 tons; Saco, $500 tons. They
employ ten delivery teams on an average
during the year.
The Triennial Reunion Of the Poor family
will this year be on the 14th of September, at
Haverhill, Mass. Quite number of the de-
scendants of John, Samuel or Daniel Poor,
who settled in Newbury and Andover, Mass,
over $50 years ago, are residents of our city
and vicinity, bearing various surnames.
A party of 30 young business men of Port
land and their clerks went to Long Island
Saturday afternoon, enjoyed shore dinner
and game of base ball. The mines. were
captained by Messrs. Ilsley and Lyman. Al.
Haskell was umpire. The game stood IS to
10 in favor of Capt. Ilsley's.nne =.
The total value of exports for last week
was $27,066.15 The principal exports were
S47,6S9 feet of lumber, 57,436 yards of dry
goods, and 1000 gallons of turpentine. The
imports comprised 91S tons of coal. 1900 rail-
road ties, 4,274 cases of canned Holsters, 275
hogsheads and 80 barrels of sugar and 10000
feet of spruce boards.